Supplemental bearer for coffin or casket stools



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B. G. OASLER.

SUPPLEMENTAL BEARER FOR GOFFIN 0R GASKET STOOLS. No. 395,381. Patented Jan. 1, 1889.

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B. G. OASLER. I SUPPLEMENTAL BEARER FOR GOFFIN 0R GASKET STOOLS. No. 395,881. Patented Jan. 1,1889.

UNITED STATES ENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN G. CASLER, OF (:IlEVEIndNI), ()IIIO.

SUPPLEMENTAL BEARER FOR COFFIN OR GASKETS TOOLS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,381, dated January 1. 18819.

Application filed uly 2, 1888. Serial No. 278,844. (No model.)

To all whom it nmy concern.-

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN G. CASLER, a citizen of the United States, residin at (leve- Iland, in the county of (uyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful. Improvements in Supplemental Bearers for Coffin or Casket Stools; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure l is a perspective view of the attachment or supplemental bearer applied as a support for a childs coffin, parts broken away. Fig. 2 is a detached bottom view of the supplemental bearer for childs coflin; l i 3, an elevatitm of the supplen'ientalbearer adapted :for the support of misses or boys caskets; Fig. .l-, a view of the bearer of an ordinary wooden coffin or casket stool having means for applying the supplemental bearer thereto.

Like letters refer to like parts wherever they occur.

My present invtaltiml relates to attachments for coffin or casket stools, whereby the same are rendered more convenient, ornanwntal, and better adapted for the support of small coffins or casketssuch as are required for infants, children, or missesfor which purposes the usual or full-sized stools are out of proportion and more or less unsightly.

Great desiderata in this class of stools are compacti'less, lightness with strength, portability, symmetry, neat and ornamental appearance, facility of aaljustment, and ready convertibility, which shall ret'll'lee as far as practicable the necessary outfit of the undertaker. The object I. have in view is, therefore, to provide for coffin or casket stools an attachment composed of at'ew simple parts, by the il'lterehange of which the size and h eight of the stool can be readily adapted to thesize of the coffin it is to support.

For purposes of illustration I have chosen to show the attachments applied to the eo'f'tin or casket steel for which Letters Patent, No. 358,830, were granted to me March 8, I387, though the attachment may be applied. to any form of coffin or casket stool by simply modifying the foot of the pegs in any of several ways which will readily suggest themselves to the skilled mechanic, of which one is shown in Fig. l of the drawings applied to the ordinary wooden stool.

The main feature of the invention lies in the combining with the stool-bearer of vertical pegs or standz'nfds and a supplementary detachable bearer or table havin g projecting sleeve-standanls which fit over the vertical pegs of the bearer, said devices of such height and width as to modify the support and pro portion it to the changed comilitions under which the stool is to be used, while subordinate features of construction embraced the pre- :ferred mode of securingthe pegs to the bearer, 'foldin pegs, folding supplementtary bearers or tables, and certain detail of construction,

substantially as will hereinafter more fully I appear, whereby the packing, storing, and transportation of the devices are facilitated.

I will now proceed to describe my invention more fully, so that others skilled in the art to which it appertains may apply the same.

In the drawings, A indicates a eoftin or casket stool of any desired or known pattern, preferably that described in my former patent, No. 235832313, having a bearer, 1), adapted for the support of the coftin or casket of an adult. Secured in or to said main bearer B are vertical pegs II, for which any rigid attachment may be adopted. In case of a metallic bearer, I3, I prefer to cover the same with rubber, as at; c, and to secure the pegs l thereto by threading the end of the peg and screwing it into a hole drilled andthreaded in the bearer, as at 2, (see Fig. 1,) though a clanuiing-collar with set-screws, as at 3, (see Fig. 3,) may be employed, if desired, though this latterattaehmei'it is not so firm and rigid where the rubber covering c of the bearer. is used. In case of the ordinary wooden stool, tapped and threaded plates, as at t, (see Fig. l,) maybe used to receive the threaded end of the pegs 1. For convenience in packing and transportation, it is desirable to joint the pegs 1 just above their attachment to the main bearer B, as at 5, so that they may be turned down on the bearer B.

1) indicates the detachable supplemental bearer supported by the vertical pegs 1. This supplemental bearer may be a simple crossbar, U, of bar, rod, or tubular form,which will be as wide as is required, in case of a misses or young persons casket,where two stools are necessarily employed, or it may be a table, plate, frame, or board, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, in case of a childs or infants casket,where a single stool will suffice, and. in this latter case, for purposes of convenience in transportation, I prefer to joint the supplemental bearer 6, as at 7, Fig. 2, and for purposes of.

ornamentation I prefer to drape it down to the bearer B of the stool, as shown at 8 in Fig. 1.

In order that what I mean by a childs casket and a misss casket may be fully understood, I would say that any casket less than three (3) feet long I term a childsdcasket, and casket-s from three (3) feet to four and a-half feet long I term misss caskets.

On the under side of the bearer (3 are provided threaded sockets 9, into which are screwed sleeve stam'lards or tubes l0, adapted to fit over the vertical pegs l of the bearer B, and secure the supplemental bearer 6 rigidly on the main bearer I; of the stool. Either the vertical pegs l or the sleeve-standards 10 should be of sufficient height to elevate the supplemental bearer such a distance above main bearer I3 as will compensate for the difference in size of the eotfin or casket to be supported.

The devices being of the general character hereinbefore described, may be employed as follows: The stool A being of full size for the casket of an adult, and provided with means for attaching the vertical pegs I, said pegs are attached thereto when the stool is to be used for a childs or misss casket. In case of a childs casket of three feet or under, the sleeves 10 are screwed into the sockets 9 of a broad supplemental bearer, Figs. 2 to 6, and then slipped on the pegs I. In case of a misss casket of over three feet in length the sleevestandards 10 are screwed into the sockets Q of a bar or tube bearer, 6, of Fig. 3, and two supplemental bearers so formed are applied to two stools, a draped board or platform being used therewith, if desired, though the same is not necessary.

The advantages arising from my invention are the convertibility of the ordinary adult coffin or casket stool, by means of a few and simple attachable and detachable pieces, into a stool adapted for either a childs or misss casket at the will of the user.

j I am aware thata coffin-stool has heretofore been devised wherein the top part was made of proper length to support a small colfin without projecting beyond it, so as to be in the way, and that detachable bearers of different lengths for Wider coflins were secured thereto by dowels, and do not herein claim the same, as such devices were not provided with standards so as to materially modify the height of the stool; but,

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination, with a casket-stool having a main bearer, of an elevated supplemental bearer and interposed standards for support in g the elevated bearer above the main bearer, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. The combination, with a casket-stool havin g a main bearer provided with vertical pegs, of an elevated detachable supplemental bearer and interposed sleeve or tubular standards for supporting the elevated bearer above the main bearer, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

b. In a cot'fin or casket stool, the combination, with the main bearer, of vertical jointed pegs and a supplemental bearer having sleevestandards which fit over the vertical jointed pegs of the main bearer, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

4:. In a coffin or casket stool, the combina- I tion, with the main bearer having detachable pegs, ot' a supplemental bearer having sleeve or tubular standards which fit on the pegs of the main bearer, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

5. In a coffin or casket stool, the combination, with a bearer having vertical jointed pegs, of a supplemental bearer provided with detachable sleeve or tubular standards which fit over the jointed pegs of the main bearer, substantially as and for the purposes specified. V

6. A folding supplemental bearer for coffin or casket stools, provided with detachable sleeve or tubular standards adapted to fiton pegs on the main bearer of a coflln or casket stool, substantially as and for thepurposes specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses, this 18th day of June, 1888.

BENJAMIN G. CASLER.

\Vitnesses:

.T. A. OSBORNE, LoUIs H. WINCH. 

